Late Seroconversion of Acute Schistosomiasis

Schistosomiasis presenting as acute appendicitis.

BACKGROUND Schistosomiasis is a chronic granulomatous inflammation that affects many systems in the body including the gastrointestinal tract. This study was carried out by reviewing all cases of schistosomal appendicitis, and documents any association with acute appendicitis. OBJECTIVE To review all cases of schistosomal appendicitis and document any possible asspciation with acute appendici...

[Myeloradiculopathy in acute schistosomiasis mansoni].

Schistosomiasis: a rare cause of acute appendicitis

Schistosomiasis is a parasitic infection in humans, which is prevalent in developing countries. The infection manifests itself as a variety of different pathologies, depending on the location of the parasite and its eggs. A rare manifestation is that of a common surgical presentation, acute appendicitis. We present a case of a young male who underwent appendicectomy for acute appendicitis cause...

Corticosteroids for watershed infarction in acute schistosomiasis.

TO THE EDITOR—Acute schistosomiasis may be associated with watershed infarction. Corticosteroids alone are rapidly effective, as illustrated in this report. A 19-year-old French man was admitted with a 15-day history of high fever (39°C), 15-kg weight loss, cough, arthralgias, and urticaria. Two weeks earlier he had returned from Kenya, where he bathed in Lake Victoria every week during a 3-mon...

Acute Pulmonary Schistosomiasis: Computed Tomography (CT) Findings

A 32 year-old white man, on his return from working in Nigeria, came for an examination of 3 weeks dry cough associated with fever and asthenia . He used to swim in fresh water in the Niger River valley for 6 months. There was no evidence of malaria. Hypereosinophilia at 18.8% was found in the blood (white blood cell [WBC] = 8,399/mm 3 , eosinophils cells = 1,579/mm 3 ) and in broncho-alveolar ...